A Shift

Initially Vertical House was going to be an "everything under one roof" kinda thing, but we outgrew our britches...and it's for the best, for sure! Plus, when life hands you lemons, you dye that shit pink and have a pink lemonade party!!! All puns aside, there is a point to this entry.



My friend Stephanie (and her lovely family) moved back from Portland and we decided to merge our photog businesses together under the new name of White Rabbit Studios! This has been a very harmonious adventure so far and I can't wait to see what the future holds for us! We capture anything in life you want to remember and of course we have all sorts of ways you can see our work: website, blog, and flickr...and we love new friends!

I will continue to post photos here, but not so much of the wedding/engagement/portrait esque type...more of 'Hey! This was an awesome show!'

Also, this blog will be utilized (finally) for what we initially set out to do: share music and talk about great bands! Speaking of great bands, we're excited for the end of September as it's GONER FEST time!!! Seriously...I cannot wait! Hopefully we'll be able to come back with lots of great 7 inches and lps to share with the fine folks of Huntsville.

But since September 24th is still a ways away, I'll leave you with this awesome diddy by Diamond Rings entitled "All Yr Songs"...this totally belongs on our Final Summer Mix Tape, which is taking shape.



For more instant music satisfaction, add us/listen on these sites: blip.fm and last.fm!

What's in a Name

Some may know this already, but the name of our store actually came from our house. The original plan was to have our store above where we lived. After thinking about it longer we laughed at that thought, but the name kinda stuck...Vertical House.

Our house is under going a restoration. We are about 90% finished with the downstairs. And we basically started from scratch. During our first walk through of the house it was nothing but mold, dust, bad smells, and even a puddle 'o' piss in the kitchen...it was PERFECT! Not then of course, but it would be! We knew it! The house had been rented out for 30 some odd years as a duplex. I'll be nice about this...um, you could tell it was a rental. We took everything down to the studs and started all over. The goal was (is still) to restore the house to it's single family resident, gorgeous, potential...and maintain the integrity of the home. So we're a little less than half way there.

I've got our restoration all over the internet, but it's always nice when other like minded folk appreciate what we are doing. One such doll is named Liz! She has a glorious little blog filled with kind, beautiful words and sweet photos documenting her life and what inspires her.

The other day I saw that this cute little icon on flickr had favorited several photos of our house. After clicking on her stream and having an eyegasm for her new sofa, I clicked the blog link to read about it! And the rest, as they say, is history. I added her on flickr, and she asked to feature my home on her blog! But of course! What an honor!

So, yesterday, on my dad's birthday, Liz featured our house :)





Thanks so much Liz for everything!




*Ashley